Glavine and the Mets are deep in discussions about a two-year, $25 million contract that should be completed shortly, a source told the Daily News.

Though I'd normally be hesistant about giving a rich, multi-year contract to a 41-year-old pitcher, Glavine looks to be the rare exception to the aging process. He's a solid bet to provide the team with 350-400 innings with an ERA around 4.00 -- a rare commodity in today's game. With Pedro not back until at least June and a collection of promising, but largely unproven starters such as John Maine, Ollie Perez and others (Pelfrey, Bannister, Humber, maybe El Duque, hopefully not Lima, etc) surrounding him , the Mets needed to get this deal done. Glavine may not be worth the money -- who, really, is? -- but I'm happy the crafty lefty will be back in blue and orange.